Brian Babin

I want to say, for a private business entity to get muck off the bottom of a slip or a channel's having to go through this, this is what this is all about. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield…

President Obama cancelled Constellation in its next budget request, redirected even more money to Earth Science to support its radical political agenda.

All of that success came to a screeching halt when President Obama was sworn in.

After the Columbia accident, President George W. Bush sought to revitalize our nation's space program by challenging NASA to return to the Moon and then chart a course to Mars.

The suppression and intimidation and persecution of scientific research and development is absolutely nothing new.

The biggest disaster will be the chilling of First Amendment rights for free speech and the arena of thought and ideas for our scientists.

Chairman Babin, today's hearing is important, and I appreciate you having it.

I am dedicated to continuing vigorous oversight on this subject, and working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to achieve constructive reform.

If you're past that point, then there's no indication that we're here to the rest of the universe. Fair statement?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, Dr. Wright, when the general public focuses on SETI we live in a time where it wants immediate gratification, things happening right now, but in some ways isn't this kind of like a junior high dance?

There is also a great benefit that we receive from providing this care.

As a health care professional myself and as their representative, you could say it's my duty emphatically to make sure these folks are taken care of properly.

I think everyone here wants to make sure that we are doing right by our astronauts.

As a Nation, we have obligations to those we put in harm's way.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

NASA must ensure its investments in and acquisition strategies for deep space habitats are in the taxpayers' best interests.

I'm pleased to welcome our witnesses, and I look forward to hearing their perspectives as to how NASA should consider acquiring habitation goods and services to meet future mission requirements.

You are exactly the type of federal employee or bureaucrat that America is really getting tired of.

We must provide a competitive legal, policy, and economic environment or other nations will happily step up.

The concept here, this project would store 90 percent of the CO2 emitted.

This is not a partisan issue. Completely set politics aside.

Investing in science and technology is investing in our future.

Space exploration and science captures the American people's interests, it inspires us to pursue extraordinary goals, and keeps us on the forefront of scientific achievement.

If there's anything that we have learned from this experience, it is that our national space program can ill-afford to change our program of record every time that there is a new President.